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by ceejayoz 65 days ago
The answer is, as usual, money.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-10-10/...

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/piper-rockelle...

> In the 147-page complaint, the plaintiffs described Smith as a “mean-spirited control freak” and alleged she made comments about children’s genitalia, shouted obscene and sexually graphic remarks at them, encouraged them to be “sexy” and “sexually aggressive” in videos, and inappropriately touched the children on their legs, thighs and buttocks. One plaintiff said Smith told her she was mailing Rochelle’s underwear to a man who liked to “sniff” it.

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Doesn't those articles, allegations and suits prove that it isn't "totally okay and encouraged" in general?
This went on for years, amassing 10M subscribers and hundreds of millions of views, and it's a civil suit rather than a criminal one.